It’s kind of nice when autumn rolls around here in the Pacific Northwest and the comic and the world around me are approximately climate-equal.

D.C. was great – the best break I’ve had so far from a really tough year. Thank you to everybody who came by the table at SPX – it was a wonderful weekend in which books sold themselves and lovely intelligent people kept asking me pleasant questions.

Once again I’m back on the case sending the last pre-orders and working through all the watercolors. Next week: another page!